Penholder



UNITED sTATEs PATET oEEioE.

JONATHAN WARREN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,426, dated July 31, 1850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN WARREN, of Brooklyn E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penholders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specication, in whichh Figure l, is a side elevation of a pen holder constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2, is a modification of the same.

Similar' letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the employment of an elastic tube in combination with an ordinary pen holder in such a manner that said tube allows of sliding over the'pen holder, or that the pen holder can be slid back into the tube, thereby producing a cheap, self adjusting, and effective shield or protection for the pen.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

A, represents an ordinary pen holder to which the pen is attached by means of the nosing a, in front, and the rear end b, of whichforms a socket to receive the stick B.

C is an elastic tube of sheet metal, or any other suitable material produced by splitting open an ordinary tube, of thin and elastic material from end to end so that the same forms two jaws, and that it adapts itself to various sized 'sticks or to different pen holders. If this tube is pushed back as shown in Fig. l', the pen can be used in the ordinary manner, but if itis desired to put the pen holder with the pen in the pocket, or whenever it is desirable to protect the pen against injury, the tube is slid out as shown in red outlines in Fig.\l, and in this position it forms a shield or protection for the pen. An ordinary tube of this character may be used with every pen holder and the elasticity of the tube itself will cause it to hold" tight onto the stick or onto the pen holder. If however the pen holder is expressly made to suit the tube, or the tube to fit to a particular pen holder, a stop b, may be secured in the side of the pen holder, and the middle portion of the slot c, in the tube may be enlarged so as to receive said stop and to allow the tube to slide until the stop b, strikes against one of the shoulders at either end of the enlarged portion of the slot c. By these means the tube is prevented dropping off spontaneously, and it can not be pushed out or slid back any farther than rnecessary either to protect the pen, or to expose it when it isrto be used.

Instead of making the tube movable and the pen holder stationary, the tube may be firmly secured to the stick as shown in Fig. 2, and the holder may be made to slide in the interior of the tube. In order to secure the tube C, infa simpleand eiicient manner to the stick I have inserted into the side of the stick a little pin d, which catches into a notch c, in the end of the slot in the tube, and a stop b, secured in the movable pen holder A, and moving in the enlarged part of the slot in the tube prevents the pen holder being moved any farther than desirable in either direction.

In both cases the tube C, forms a simple cheap and eicient protection or shield for the pen and by reason of its elasticity it adapts itself to sticks or holders of different size.

I do not claim broadly the use of a sliding or stationary tube for the purpose of protecting the pen; but

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The employment of an elastic tube C, constructed as herein described in combination with the pen holder A, for the purpose of forming a shield for the pen.

JONATHAN WARREN.

Witnesses:

B. GIRoUXE, M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

